US4768948A
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Annular nozzle burner and method of operation
Assignee: J R TUCKER AND ASSOC
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Filing: 1988-01-12
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Granted: 1988-09-06
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Expires: 2008-01-12
Abstract
Abstract A method and apparatus for burning fuel in an annular-nozzle burner wherein a compact flame is generated by inhibiting the dispersion of fuel particles and concentrating the fuel particles in a primary combustion area having a high rate of radiant heat transfer between the fuel particles by maintaining a sufficiently high velocity of the fuel particles and causing them to undergo essentially linear flow in a direction substantially parallel to the axis of the burner.
Inventors
- 👤 Eric Hansen
- 👤 James R. Tucker
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-06 17:16
CPC Classifications
F; F23; F23D; F23D14/00; F23D14/02; F23D1/00; F23D11/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
71 words
A burner for ejecting fuel into a combustion chamber, said burner comprising: an inner-core area; an outer fuel-entry annulus substantially surrounding said inner-core area; means for ejecting said fuel into said combustion chamber essentially only through said fuel-entry annulus; means in said inner-core area for limiting the amount of combustion air passing therethrough; and, linear-flow means for causing the fuel flowing from said annulus to be in an essentially linear-flow state.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
71 words
A burner for ejecting fuel into a combustion chamber, said burner comprising: an inner-core area; an outer fuel-entry annulus substantially surrounding said inner-core area; means for ejecting said fuel into said combustion chamber essentially only through said fuel-entry annulus; means in said inner-core area for limiting the amount of combustion air passing therethrough; and, linear-flow means for causing the fuel flowing from said annulus to be in an essentially linear-flow state.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
29 words
Apparatus according to claim 1 including means for selectively introducing additional air into said fuel-entry annulus in a non-axial direction to selectively modify the shape of the resulting flame.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
18 words
Apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said linear flow means includes a lining means lining said fuel-entry annulus.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
28 words
Apparatus according to claim 3 wherein the extent of said lining means along the axis of said annular-nozzle is at least equal to the width of said annulus.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
Apparatus according to claim 3 wherein said extent of said lining means is between about four and twelve times the width of said annulus.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
34 words
Apparatus according to claim 3 including means for selectively and temporarily reducing the linearity of said linear flow to selectively and temporarily increase the outer dimension of the resulting flame extending from said burner.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
36 words
Apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said fuel-entry annulus has an inner and an outer dimension and wherein the ratio of said outer dimension to said inner dimension is no more than about 2.0 to 1.0.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
29 words
Apparatus according to claim 7 wherein the ratio of said outer dimension to the area of said annulus is at least about 0.1 cm. to 1.0 cm 2 .
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
22 words
Apparatus according to claim 1 including means for discharging fuel from said fuel-entry annulus at at least about 7000 feet per minute.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
41 words
Apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said fuel-entry annulus has an inner and an outer dimension and wherein the ratio of said outer dimension to the area of said annulus is at least about 0.1 cm. to 1.0 cm 2 .
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
34 words
Apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said annular-nozzle burner produces a flame having a primary combustion area and wherein said burner includes means for maintaining an essentially reducing atmosphere in said primary combustion area.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
19 words
Apparatus according to claim 11 including means to produce a core flame area in the center of said flame.
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